National Book Awards - 2008

[rich]

just my opinion homeboy, hardly think of it as a slur. more of an
observation on my part

but i got back pain and the vicodin is helping but i'm sort of cranky anyway

guess I should mention that Shadow Country is all about mixed race America
they do make a nice set now that I think about it.

rich
On 11/20/08, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Sir,
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> Your slur is not funny, imho, if that was your intent.
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> The National Book Award is for the judgment of the best books per categories
> for the year. Timeliness has little to do with it. (See all the
> more timely ephemera published this year).
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> Have you read any of The Hemmingses of Montecillo?
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> Curious to call a book about The Dark Side more timely than a book about
> Thomas Jefferson and the mixed race bloodline that he fathered in this the
> first year that an American of mixed race ever ran for President and
> happened to win.
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> When I heard, I hoped that timeliness was NOT the major reason it did win.
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> But it is good history. And, overarchingly, shows that from the beginnings
> of these United States, with one of its foundational intellectuals, was
> "mixed' race at its core.
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> Mark
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> --- On Thu, 11/20/08, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> From: rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: National Book Awards - 2008
>> To: "Dave Monroe" <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
>> Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
>> Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 3:43 PM
>> Shadow Country is well deserving of the prize
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>> The Dark Side would've my pick for non-fiction--alot
>> more timely than
>> a book about whitey fucking his slaves
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>> On 11/20/08, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2008.html
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>> > http://www.nationalbook.org/
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>> > Pardon if already posted, can't recall (not well)
>> ...
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